Good point about Gaston - though his vanity is played for laughs for most of the story, he does become genuinely horrifying by the end. Heh, I'd love to see Gaston and the evil queen vying for the title of Fairest in the Land.
I haven't watched Once Upon a Time. My impression was - great premise, blandly executed. When we were in Disney World last month we saw commercials for it at Hollywood Studios, I guess because ABC is affiliated with Disney. So maybe they're required to have a few nods toward Disney. ;) Seriously, the films have become so embedded in our culture it's impossible to reference fairy tales without conjuring up the Disney versions. It makes me wonder how different things would be if Walt Disney had chosen an entire different genre for the first full-length animated feature....
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Date: 2012-03-23 12:57 pm (UTC)I haven't watched Once Upon a Time. My impression was - great premise, blandly executed. When we were in Disney World last month we saw commercials for it at Hollywood Studios, I guess because ABC is affiliated with Disney. So maybe they're required to have a few nods toward Disney. ;) Seriously, the films have become so embedded in our culture it's impossible to reference fairy tales without conjuring up the Disney versions. It makes me wonder how different things would be if Walt Disney had chosen an entire different genre for the first full-length animated feature....